NASDAQ:ERICTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Stock Price, Forecast & News

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's stock was trading at $7.12 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ERIC shares have increased by 39.5% and is now trading at $9.93. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 17th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The communications equipment provider reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.08. The communications equipment provider earned $49.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $53.03 billion. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson had a return on equity of 4.33% and a net margin of 0.90%. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's revenue for the quarter was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.80 earnings per share. View Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's earnings history.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's shares. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $11.50. On average, they anticipate Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's stock price to reach $10.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.

Press coverage about ERIC stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,930,000 shares, an increase of 26.7% from the June 15th total of 7,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's Current Options Chain.

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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ERIC."

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One share of ERIC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.93.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson has a market capitalization of $33.11 billion and generates $24.04 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $235.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.11 on an earnings per share basis. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson employs 99,417 workers across the globe.

The official website for Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson is www.ericsson.com.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's mailing address is TORSHAMNSGATAN 21 - 23, STOCKHOLM V7, 16483. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at 46-1-071-900-00 or via email at [email protected]